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I'm doing an essay and by chance Turn The Page came on shuffle - I just had to stop what I was doing and listen to the whole thing in full

For a record that's so overtly of a time and place it stands up so well, he still sounds like a boxer limbering up for a fight across the whole thing, so sharp, quick and powerful, its incredible - pretty much a perfect album for me in the sense that for what it is, it is basically flawless

"As we progress to the checkpoint
I wholeheartedly agree with yer viewpoint
But this ain't your typical Garage joint
I make points which hold significance
That ain't a bag it's shipment
This ain't a track it's a movement
I got the settlement
My frequencies are transient
And resonate your eardrums
I make bangers not anthems
Leave that to the Artful Dodger
The broad shouldered 51% shareholder
You won't find us on Alta Vista
Cult classic, not bestseller
Your gonna need more power,
Plug in the freephase and the generator
Crank it up to the gigawatts
Critics ready with the potshots, the plot thickens
Put on yer mittens for these sub-zero conditions
But remember I'm just spittin',
Remember I'm just spittin'
Once bitten, forever smitten"

to bump 'Lets Push Things Forward' yesterday; I can always go back to any track on that album. when the guardian called it the best of the decade last year my instant reaction was "nah", followed by "well, to be fair..."

One of my housemates was trying to convince me that there were Streets samples on the MellowHype record (not convinced), but anyway, the first one is still brilliant and brings back fantastic memories for me. Second one has some good stuff on it, a bit more 'fun' in places and slightly misses the mark but good nonetheless. Gave up completely after that, sadly. Still, he's made at least one masterpiece, can't argue with that.

A couple of days ago I found it in my car and drove about banging it out. I had forgotten how brilliant it is, one of my favourite (and one of the most important) albums of the last 10 years. Everything else he did was wank though